Name element
Sri name meaning
“radiance, beauty, prosperity”
- Letters
- 3
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- S
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
Peak 2010s: 8.1%
of the girl top-10 totalJPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
of the girl top-10 total
| Decade | girl |
|---|---|
| 1940s | – |
| 1950s | – |
| 1960s | – |
| 1970s | – |
| 1980s | – |
| 1990s | – |
| 2000s | – |
| 2010s | 8.1% |
Sri is a girl's name from Sanskrit meaning 'radiance, beauty and prosperity'.
What does Sri mean?
Radiance, beauty, prosperity
In Malay: seri, kecemerlangan, kemakmuran
About the name Sri
Sri comes from Sanskrit śrī, meaning radiance, beauty, prosperity and good fortune, and is also a name of the goddess Lakshmi. It is used as an honorific and as an element in longer names, and also appears as Shri or Sree. According to JPN, 44 baby girls were given the name in the 2010s.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Syllables | Sri |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with S |
| Devanagari script | श्री |
|---|
Sri in official JPN data
- 1940s
- not in the top 10
- 1950s
- not in the top 10
- 1960s
- not in the top 10
- 1970s
- not in the top 10
- 1980s
- not in the top 10
- 1990s
- not in the top 10
- 2000s
- not in the top 10
- 2010s
- Girl: 44 · 8.1%
Sources
- Wiktionary: श्री · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Shri · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Sri · en.wiktionary.org · origin
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